Unfortunately for Jackson, the only person to blame for his not being hired was himself. The list of demands Phil had to return were too much. For one, he asked to have Jim Buss’s power relinquished from the team where Jackson would instead have a lot of say in terms of player personnel. But the biggest token Phil asked for? An ownership stake in the team. That was something the Lakers were just not going to give up, propelling D’Antoni to the front of the head coach race.

My favorite part about today was looking at the onslaught on Twitter of angry, shocked, confused, and disjointed Lakers fans. In the midst of all the chaos, I came across a tweet that had me chuckling at my desk at work. I don’t think I could have said it better:

So Lakers dumped their girlfriend, sent flowers to their true love, and just as she considered reuniting they asked someone else to Prom?